Sanitary shield for toilet seats



June 3, 1930. C HARRIS 1,761,391

SANITARY SHIELD FOR TOILET SEATS Filed NOV. 12, 1928 IN VEN TOR.

ATTORNEY.

Patented June 3, 1930 UNITED STATES CLARA F. HABITS, OF KANSAS CITY,MISSOURI SANITARY SHIELD FOR TOILET SEATS Application filed November 12,1928. Serial No. 318,610.

This invention relates to sanitary shield for toilet seats and has forits main object the provision of a shield that effectually covers thatportion of the seat which might naturally come in contact with the bodyof the user, thereby protecting the user from possible contagion and thediscomfort of coming in direct contact with the seat.

A further object of the present invention is the provision of a sanitaryseat shield made of a single sheet of material which will cover thefront edge of the opening in the toilet seat and at the same time notmaterially interfere with the area of said opening.

Another object of this invention is the contemplation of a shieldprovided with flaps whereby the user will be able to position the coveron the toilet seat without having his hands come in contact therewith.

With these general objects in view as well as minor objects which willappear during the course of the detailed specification, reference willnow be made to the accompanying drawing in which:

Figure 1, is a perspective view of a portion of a toilet on which ispositioned a sanitary seat shield embodying this invention;

Fig. 2, is an enlarged sectional view taken on line 11-11 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3, is a plan view. of the sanitary seat shield;

Fig. 4, is a plan view of a modified form of the seat shield; and

Fig. 5, is a plan view of another modified form of a seat shield.

Similar references characters designate like parts throughout theseveral views and 10 designates a body portion made of paper or anyother suitable materialwhich may be treated with any sterilizing orantiseptic agent. This body-portion is made to conform substantially tothe shape of the seat, and while an oval form of the blank has beenshown yet it is apparent that any other shaped cover might be provided.

An opening 11 in the body portion 10 is provided which conforms to theopening in the toilet seat S. Body portion 10 is provided adjacent itsfront portion, with an inwardly extending flap 12 which is adaptedv tocover the front inner edge of the seat opening and to be foldedunderneath the seat.

It is the desire that a large portion of the inner edge of the seatcovered in order to properly shield the user, and at the same time thecover must not materially interfere with or restrict the area of theseat "opening. The opening in the toilet seat is usually elliptical inshape and when a wide flap of the ordinary type is used the flap is benton a straight line connecting the angles formed by the junctions of theouter edge of the seat opening with the outer edges of the flap, therebycausing a portion of the cover to extend horizontally over that sectionof the elliptical seat opening which is subtended by the straight lineor cord on which the cover bends. This covering of a portion of the seatopening which is very objectional is reduced to a minimum in the presentinvention. To obviate the objection as stated above the outer portionsof flap 12 are partially separated from body portion 10 by outwardlyconverging slits 13 which may be curved to conform to the contour of theopening 0 thus leaving a narrow neck 14: by means .of which flap 12 issecured to the body portion. With this narrow neck of attachment of theflap 12, it is very evident that the segment which overlaps the opening0 is greatly reduced and the outer portions of the flap 12 will be freeto conform to the curvature of the seat opening. Intermediate the slits13 and the inner end of the flap 12 oppositely disposed slits 15 areformed in said flap thereby forming oppositely disposed tabs 16 carriedby flap 12 and of a width substantially the thickness of the seatmember, thus facilitating the proper covering of the front inner rim ofthe seatand at the same time permitting the easy folding of fiap 12 oversaid rim and underneath the seat without covering too much of the seatopenin The body portion 10 is provided with in- O wardly extending tabs17 which serve, when bent downwardly, to secure the cover in positionagainst accidental transverse movezThese. tabs 20 which will normallyextend outwardly from the seat at opposite sides thereof, serve ashand-Holds by means of which the shield may be removed from the seat.Tabs 20 are so positioned that it is practically impossible for theusers hands, while removing the shield, to come in contact with any partof the seat or with any part of the, shield that has been in contactwith the users body. Flaps 18 may be placedat an position on the bodyportion 10 but in or er that a minimum amount of material may be used inthe manufacture of the shield these flaps are preferably so positionedthat' the entire cover may be stamped from a rectangular piece of paperthe sides of which are tangent to the elliptical blank 10.

Modified form as shown in Fig. 4, provides for the cutting .away of aportion of flap 12 thereby forming a narrowed end portion for foldingbeneath the toilet seat. The tabs 16 are similar to tabs 16 and cover aportion of the inner edge of the seat. The flaps 18' are positionedfarther back than fia s 18 but serve the same purpose.

ig. 5, shows a modified form having a flap 12", tabs 16" and anoutwardly projecting flap 18" which is positioned at the rear of theshield and serves as a hand-hold for removing the shield from the seat.The internal flaps 17 are positioned adjacent the flaps 12 and serve tosecure the shield in Iproper operative position.

do not wish to limit this invention to the structure shown and describedas many modifications may be made within the scope of the appendedclaims without departing from the spirit thereof.

What I claim is:

,1. A toilet seat shield comprisin a body portion having an openingadapte to substantially register with toilet seat opening, an inwardlyextending flap adjacent the front portion of said body portion having anarrow neck by means of which it is connected with the body portion,oppositely disposed flaps formed 1n said inwardly extending flap,adapted to shield a portion of the edge of said seat opening, andoutwardly extending flaps having tabs formed therein.

2. A toilet seat shield made of a single sheet of flexible material andcomprising a body portion havin an opening adapted to substantiallyreglster with the opening in the toilet seat, an inwardly extending'toilet seat, an inwardly extendin flap, adjacent the front of said bodyportion adapted to be folded beneath the toilet seat, oppositelydisposed flaps carried by tabs integral with said bod portion adapt- Ied to be turned downward y to engage the inner edges of the toilet seatto prevent transverse movement of the shield.

3. A toilet seat shield comprising a body portion having an openingadapted to substantially register with the opening in the toilet seat, aflap integral with said body portion extending into the opening in saidblank, a neck narrower than the body portion of said flap connectingsaid flap with said body portion and oppositely disposed slits formed inopposite edges of said flap intermediate its inner and outer ends.

4. A toilet seat shield comprising a body portion havin an openingadapted to substantially register with the openingl in tllle a a jacentthe front portion of said body por tion having a narrow neck by means ofwhich it is connected with the body portion of said shield, flaps formedon opposite sides of said inwardly extending flap adjacent said bodyportion of a width substantially equal to the thickness of saidctoiletseat.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto afiix my signature.

- CLARA F. HARRIS.

